I started by playing the drums and now I'm also addicted to sax (I'm dedicating around 80% to sax and 20% to drums on my music schedule).
So I wanted to see how many drummers that play sax are there and what do you apply from drumming onto sax and vice-versa.
For example: I started on drums, so I studied a lot of rhythm exercises, like rhythmic solfeggio, groove patterns, drum rudiments (playing around the duality of the left and right hands and/or feet), etc.
When I pick up the sax to do some practicing, I sometimes take phrases of the rhythmic solfeggio and improvise on a scale, using those rhythmic patterns. Or use a drum rudiment, like the "Paradiddle" (RLRR LRLL, R=right hand, L=left hand) and apply the right-left duality on the sax as different notes (for example, CGCC GCGG).
Overall, the drum training I have, tends to come in my mind, which gives me a different a different approach when playing sax, particularly in free improvising.
So I wanted to see how many drummers that play sax are there and what do you apply from drumming onto sax and vice-versa.
For example: I started on drums, so I studied a lot of rhythm exercises, like rhythmic solfeggio, groove patterns, drum rudiments (playing around the duality of the left and right hands and/or feet), etc.
When I pick up the sax to do some practicing, I sometimes take phrases of the rhythmic solfeggio and improvise on a scale, using those rhythmic patterns. Or use a drum rudiment, like the "Paradiddle" (RLRR LRLL, R=right hand, L=left hand) and apply the right-left duality on the sax as different notes (for example, CGCC GCGG).
Overall, the drum training I have, tends to come in my mind, which gives me a different a different approach when playing sax, particularly in free improvising.